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tufcj2a
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Posted: 11 June 2018 at 12:40am |
My L head was acting up. I was worried I needed to do a rebuild. Luckily it was just a bad carb and some adjustments.
A full overhaul kit is $600-800. Not sure how much work you do yourself, but having a professional do do it is probably an additional $1000-1500 depending upon what all the engine needs. So you're probably in for a Max of $2k. But that gets you a 0 miles engine with warranty that should last you another 50 years depending on how you treat it. Whoever does it, make sure they do it right. I've had it in this experiences some self-inflicted others sloppy job from an otherwise good mechanic I no longer use. Let us know what ends up happening.
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athawk11
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I have honed and replaced rings on a L-134 and had success.
Just wanted you to know it doesn't always turn out bad...or expensive.
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mbullism
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X2... "pennies" now is "dollars" later. You'll probably spend ten years chasing the weak links out Back in the day I honed and re-ringed an F head. Within a year I dropped a wrist pin and lost the engine
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Mark W.
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To answer a question with an opinion. If you have to crack the engine the smart move is to do a complete total rebuild. Other wise you are just going to have some other problem show up. Do it once and do it right. Do it half ass and that what you get a half ass engine. JUST MY OPINION.
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NormanSalido
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hahahahahaha, ok, makes sense!
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mbullism
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wait, what? Pull the wire from the coil off the dizzy... definitely a non start test.
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NormanSalido
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negative, compression test at idle or at least not hitting the gas!
is the engine supposed to start at all or why with throttle open?
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mbullism
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Just checking... doing compression test with throttle wide open?
The first step is to fully diagnose what you have before worrying about what to do about it.
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NormanSalido
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ok here's THE QUESTION!!!
IF IT'S THE RINGS SHOULD I ONLY DO THE RING AND HONNING THE CILYNDERS? or what would be the next step?
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NormanSalido
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ok, any other test that I should run before assuming that the rings are bad?
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athawk11
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You also want to test a warm engine.
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NormanSalido
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yes that was dry, I was reading about doing it with a splash of oil I'll do that tomorrow and see how it goes :). now I feel with a little more hope !!!! lol
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mbullism
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Im assuming those are dry numbers... did you squirt a little oil down each plug hole and repeat the test wet?
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NormanSalido
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what's next? crack it open and hope for the best?
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Those numbers don't sound too good! |
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NormanSalido
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ok guys finally today I hag time to take the valve cover off and clearances are good checks every single valve, and adjusted 3 of them.tgey were off by one digit now they are all at .016.
did a compression test and I'm at 1 60 2 60 3 62 4 20 so what's the next step?? I'm lost at this point.
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NormanSalido
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ok guys finally today I hag time to take the valve cover off and clearances are good checks every single valve, and adjusted 3 of them.tgey were off by one digit now they are all at .016.
did a compression test and I'm at 1 60 2 60 3 62 4 20 so what's the next step?? I'm lost at this point.
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NormanSalido
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I will be trying to get this done tomorrow.
hopefully I can make it to the shop in time and get to work on it. |
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